Yan Huan pushed the door open, letting Yahashiki and Ashley in. Seeing the excitement on their faces, he knew they were definitely the type to enjoy "gossip".

"So, what gossip did you hear?"

"It's like this, President!"

"President, you don't know…"

Yahashiki and Ashley both started speaking at the same time, glanced at each other, and then, in perfect harmony, continued to tell the story, one sentence after another.

"It seems that Bai Yi came over to terminate her contract with William!"

"And she did it secretly without her mother knowing!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Huan frowned.

"Terminating the contract early? That would incur a huge penalty, wouldn't it?"

Upon mentioning this, Yahashiki and Ashley got even more excited.

"Yes, yes, and it's quite a lot! All the money that Bai Yi earned before has been returned!"

"By breaching the contract like this, she's ruining her own future. If she dares to ditch Golden Lion Entertainment, who would dare to sign her later?"

Hearing this, Yan Huan's frown deepened.

And Yahashiki and Ashley continued adding tidbits back and forth.

"So Zuo Jiangqin suspects that it was the Golden Lion Group that tricked Bai Yi into secretly terminating the contract while she wasn't around…"

"Even though William has a termination contract signed by Bai Yi herself, she still doesn't believe it. She started going crazy, smashing the office, and running around…"

This truly is…

Yan Huan wasn't very interested in the domestic affairs between Zuo Jiangqin and Bai Yi. What really caught his attention was the fact that Bai Yi had come to see him in the past few days.

No one else remembers Bai Yi, and although he doesn't have any memories of her either, he knows she is the host of the modifier and feels that she is important…

So, likely, she didn't disappear but went into hiding?

Does her ability have something to do with hiding?

"Ma'am, we're warning you again, give up resistance immediately!"

"..."

At this moment, a voice that sounds like security can be heard outside.

Curious, Yan Huan again pushed the pantry door open to look outside.

He didn't see where the security guards were confronting Zuo Jiangqin, but he did see Sakuragi Hitomi, panting and holding onto the wall, standing in the middle of the hallway.

"Hitomi?"

"Pre… President?!"

Upon seeing this, Sakuragi Hitomi hurriedly walked over.

Including Sakuragi Hitomi, the small pantry was now packed with six people, making it seem cramped.

"Vice President Sakuragi, you're here to catch the gossip too?"

"Who… who's here for gossip… I… I saw everyone running, thought it was an earthquake, but halfway through I couldn't run anymore…"

Sakuragi Hitomi pitifully curled up in Yan Huan's arms, wiping the sweat from her forehead, making Yan Huan laugh.

"Luckily, you didn't run into that shrew… Her daughter squandered all her family's money, and now she's in panic…"

"Family money? What family money? Isn't it because she received the document severing relations with her idol daughter?"

"Ah?"

Upon hearing this from Sakuragi Hitomi, Yan Huan raised an eyebrow in surprise.

And Sakuragi Hitomi blinked, then continued,

"I ran into Golden Lion Entertainment's boss William when I came down just now, and that's what he was telling the secretary…

Zuo Jiangqin suspects that the Golden Lion Group forged the contract termination, so he showed the handwritten signature and handed over the document Bai Yi entrusted him to give to Zuo Jiangqin, severing their mother-daughter relationship…"

Sakuragi Hitomi pursed her lips, speculating,

"Maybe she's very upset because her daughter abandoned her…"

"..."

For some reason, although Yan Huan doesn't know Zuo Jiangqin, he couldn't help but assume the worst about her motives.

For instance…

Yan Huan turned his head skeptically and pushed open the pantry door, only to hear Zuo Jiangqin's frantic shrieks outside,

"Yiyi, how can you be so selfish?! I don't believe it, it must be you guys deceiving me… My money!! My money!!"

"Back! Back! Back!"

"..."

Listening to Zuo Jiangqin's frantic shouts and the security's helpless voices outside, Yan Huan withdrew his gaze speechlessly and looked at Sakuragi Hitomi beside him. She blushed, shrinking further into Yan Huan's embrace.

And now Yan Huan roughly understood the situation. After thinking for a moment, he decided to push the door open and go out.

Zuo Jiangqin probably knew nothing, and Yan Huan had no intention of dealing with her tantrum.

The key was William. When did he meet Bai Yi? That's what Yan Huan wanted to know.

"Yiyi! Come out quickly!! Otherwise, mom will… will jump down! I know you're still here; you just met William… Surely, you don't want to see mom getting hurt, right?"

"?"

"Yiyi!!"

Upon hearing Zuo Jiangqin's words outside, Yan Huan's expression changed immediately.

Wait, Bai Yi just came, wasn't she here over the past few days?!

"..."

Yan Huan, holding the doorknob, started searching Bai Yi's name on his phone.

In an instant, Bai Yi's stunning youthful face appeared on the search page.

She was in a dynamic pose, her starry eyes curved into a smile, directly looking at the camera.

"Those eyes…"

Staring at the screen, Yan Huan suddenly recalled the gaze he felt when he was downstairs.

Vaguely, under a baseball cap, he seemed to have seen similar eyes…

But compared to the promotional poster on the screen, the starlight in those eyes was so dim…

Bai Yi?!

When I came up earlier, Bai Yi just happened to take the elevator down?!

"Snap!"

Just then, Yan Huan's eyes narrowed as he frantically pushed the door open.

"Bang!!"

The door swung open, and he didn't even realize that outside stood Zuo Jiangqin, her hair disheveled, eyes bloodshot, holding a knife.

With the door flying open, the doorknob struck squarely on her head, slamming her hard against the wall, causing her to tilt her head and fall still.